Dozens of volunteers spent Saturday morning in a northwest Houston warehouse packaging 60,000 meals for children in El Salvador.

The small, bagged meals that will eventually reach hungry children contain rice, soy flour, vitamins and dehydrated vegetables. Stop Hunger Now, the nonprofit organization heading the effort, makes sure to not include any ingredients that could be prohibited by any culture or religion.

"Hunger is not an exclusive problem, so we are not an exclusive organization," said Michael Bell, SHN program manager. "We are an all-faiths organization."

Each bag has a serial number with which SHN keeps track of where the bags are going to ensure they don't end up in the wrong hands. SHN partners with schools, orphanages or other developmental organizations in developing countries to distribute the meals.

"We've worked in 71 different countries," said Bell. "Right now El Salvador is just where we're needed most."

"It's important to give because it shows that people here do care about other countries," Crosby FFA student Colton Hoehner said. "Overall, if people are involved here, others will also join."

Hoehner was interrupted as he spoke by the clashing of a gong signifying another thousand bags had been packed.

Stop Hunger Now is based in Raleigh, N.C., and has Texas offices in Houston and Dallas. The Houston branch organizes between five and 10 donation events every month. They have partnered with UNICEF in the past when they've organized relief for natural disasters.

Gilberto Nogueira, a site manager at GB Biosciences, is a Brazilian immigrant who says he knows what it's like to come from a place with hunger.

"I'm mainly here because this aligns with what my company does," Nogueira said. "But I also come from a country where there are more needs than here. It's really good to help them."